1-2 hours to Stuttgard- Mercedes museum (maths in transit)
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| presimulator excitement |
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| post simulator nausea |
11 facts we learned:
1/ became arms, ammunition & war vehicle manufactors during WW2 co-operating significantly with NAZI regimes & using forced labour
2/ Mercedes was the daughter of Emil Jellinick, a major business supporter of Damlier. He asked Damlier to make a faster car which they gave the now infamous name.
3/ the company was formed in 1929 as Damlier & Benz merged out of economic necessity after WW1 and the Depression.
4/ The two men never spoke despite living in the same city all their lives. Damlier died from a heart attack at age 60 in 1920.
5/ Mercedes-Benz invented the first sports car with crumple zones, the airbag & ABS
6/ invented common rail diesel technology ( direct injection technology)
7/ the 3 pointed star was Damlier’s emblem representing domination of the land,air and sea. Benz has his name surrounded by a wreath representing peace.
8/ invented supercharger ( Kompressor)
9/ developing F-cell in which oxygen & hydrogen are used to generate electricity with a byproduct of water
10/ Benz developed the first car ( with 3 wheels) in 1885
11/ Kaisar Wilhelm 1 was quoted to say “ I am a fan of the horse. The automobile will be merely transitory.
long drive to reach banks of Rhine,close to the town of Mainz where Gutenburg was born.
Roadside stop next to Rhine - barge traffic++,trains,vines,trucks
bread & wurst for dinner
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